Enforcement
Civil Penalty Actions
| Subject of investigation and ORDER and DATE | Total payment Civil Penalty, Disgorgement, Other |
Explanation of payments (civil penalty under the NGA, FPA, or NGPA; DISGORGEMENT OF PROFITS; other PAYMENTS) and compliance plans |
|---|---|---|
| In re BP Energy Company, 121 FERC ¶ 61,088 |
$7,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance monitoring plan resulting from self-reported violations of competitive bidding regulations, shipper-must-have-title requirement, and prohibition on buy/sell arrangements. |
| In re MGTC, Inc., 121 FERC ¶ 61,087 |
$300,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance report resulting from self-reported violations of the shipper-must-have-title requirement. |
| In re Gexa Energy, L.L.C., 120 FERC ¶ 61,175 |
$500,000 Civil Penalty $12,481.41 Disgorgement |
Civil penalty and disgorgement resulting from a self- report of violations of the FPA. |
| In re Cleco Power, LLC, et al., 119 FERC ¶ 61,274 |
$2,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and a 1-2 year compliance plan resulting from a self-report for a violation of a 2003 Settlement agreement by sharing 9 employees and sharing prohibited market information between different Cleco companies. |
| In re Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, 119 FERC ¶ 61,174 |
$2,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty resulting from a Commission referral for a violation of a Commission order to allow installation of a receipt interconnection. |
| In re Calpine Energy Services, L.P., 119 FERC ¶ 61,125 |
$4,500,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and a 1-2 year compliance plan resulting from a self-report for violations of shipper-must-have-title requirements. |
| In re Bangor Gas Company, 118 FERC ¶ 61,186 |
$1,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and a 1 year compliance plan resulting from a self-report for violations of shipper-must-have-title requirements. |
| In re PacifiCorp, 118 FERC ¶ 61,026 |
$10,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and a 1 year compliance plan resulting from a self-report for violations of OATT and Standards of Conduct. |
| In re SCANA Corporation, 118 FERC ¶ 61,028 |
$9,000,000 Civil Penalty $1,800,000 Disgorgement |
Civil penalty, disgorgement, and a 1 year compliance plan resulting from a self-report for violations of OATT. |
| In re Entergy Services, Inc., 118 FERC ¶ 61,027 |
$2,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and a 1-2 year compliance plan resulting from a self-report for violations of OATT and Standards of Conduct OASIS posting requirements. |
| In re NorthWestern Corporation, 118 FERC ¶ 61,029 |
$1,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and a 2 year compliance plan resulting from a hotline call for violations of Business Practice Standards for OASIS Transactions. |
| In re NRG Energy, Inc., 118 FERC ¶ 61,025 |
$500,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and a 1 year compliance plan resulting from a self-report for violations of ISO-NE Market Rule 1 and the Commission’s Market Behavior Rules 1 and 3. |


